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I'm very happy with the watch and thank you dream watches for getting this to me.
Always wanted to add this Tourbillon complication to collection.Can recommend it!
Excellent complication available at an attractive price point!
I have always been fascinated by Tourbillon complications. This special timepiece has an exquisite dial (much better to look at in person!), than pictures and comes with a complete functional Tourbillon.
The service is excellent as always!
Itβs is the best among the watches which claimed to be mechanical. I enjoy wearing the Seiko movement with unmatched designing of this watch.
From 1965 to 1968, Seiko produced its very first dive watches. At that point, saturation diving (divers working at depths for extended periods), was an upcoming new concept. It necessitated dive watch design to be altered to prevent crystals from popping off when the watches filled with helium.
In 1975 Seiko produced an enormous 51mm dive watch with a protective shroud, 600m depth-rated, the first Seiko Tuna (ref. 6159-7010), as the result of more than 20 patents and world's firsts with ground-breaking features, to become industry-standard.
The ceramic shroud around the case, secured with three rivets offered extra protection to the bezel, particularly during deep-sea diving, prevented accidental impacts or jostling that could disrupt its crucial timing function underwater under extreme conditions. This shroud also gave the watch its nickname βTunaβ due to its resemblance to a can of tuna encasing the watch case.
Seiko Tunas have since come a long way featuring a variety of high-end calibres in automatic, quartz and solar movements. The case sizes have shrunk from 51mm to 43.2mm.
The Steeldive homageβs overall dimensions and appearance (dial, indices, bezel font and pointers), primarily pay homage to the Seiko 7549-7010 Tuna Can, a.k.a. Baby Tuna, with a rated water resistance of 300m. The text on dial at 6 o'clock, is inspired by Seiko Prospex SBBN031's three-line nomenclature ('MARINEMASTER' 'PROFESSIONAL' '300m'), here 'MARINEENGINEER' 'AUTOMATIC' '300m' instead. I believe this watch is depth tested at Steeldiveβs lab for the claimed water resistance depth.
While the original featured a Seiko 5-jewel, 7549-calibre quartz movement, a day/date window at 3 o'clock, tritium pointers, a bi-directional bezel, aluminium protective shroud and mineral crystal, the first homage (SD1975) is powered by Seiko's NH35 automatic movement featuring a date window (no day) at 3 o'clock, a 120-click unidirectional ceramic bezel, 316L stainless steel protective shroud and a sapphire crystal with AR coating. Case dimensions vary marginally by 0.5 to 1mm. Both watches feature a 22mm lug width and a slightly domed crystal.
The SD1975V varies from its sibling - date window at 4 o'clock (like the Seiko Prospex Solar Tuna Stainless Steel Diver SNE497P1), BGW9 blue lume (bezel graduation 21 to 59 minutes), Swiss C3 green (indices, pointers), and graduation from 0 to 20 minutes on the bezel with Swiss orange super luminous.
The screw-down crown and case back both with polished and brushed surfaces, bear the Steeldive logo - the case back announces the watch's chief characteristics around its etched logo.
Despite the 47mm dia. case, lug-to-lug measures just 44.5mm with recessed, downward lugs from the case appearing as tiny bumps beyond the shroud on its return sweeps. So those conspicuous gaps between your wrist and the watch case at the lugs are avoided.
The watch case is polished but the shroud is brushed. The bezel coin edge has brushing on the outer surfaces while the inners are polished. The ceramic insert of the SD1975V offers a distinct sportiness with dual-colour graduation.
The Tuna Can design shroud checks the movement of the bezel to small advancements in true design form. Bezel action is firm without back-play and perfectly aligns with the chapter ring.
The engineer-style, 5-link, solid, brushed finish bracelet with polished edges, is something to behold! The multi-links ply very well so the strap closely follows the contour of the wearer's wrist. It does not taper but boldly road-rolls its 22mm track all the way, complimenting the strength and durability that the case and shroud abundantly exude. The signed clasp is milled but the clasp lock could have been of a thicker gauge. The clasp has six micro-adjust points, ensuring fine adjustment to your wrist size, a must in the circumstances. The lugs are drilled and slots are provided at the spring-bars for easy accessibility.
With a NATO strap to match the dial, indices and bezel, my SD1975V is a beauty from the depths of the ocean with whom I am ready to take that deep dive!
The Steeldive homage checks all the boxes in my book - strong fundamentals (SS316L case/shroud & Seiko NH35 automatic), applied indices with long-lasting lume, finely finished pointers, a legible date window with lume surround, a precisely printed dial, firm bezel and a screw-down crown with smooth operation.
The watch dimensions (diameter 47mm, height - 14.4mm) and weight - 215 gms., make it impractical for daily wear. However, the 'Tuna' is an absolutely essential collectible, the design an integral part of dive watch history kept alive for half a century, and immortalized by homages from many micro-brands as also Seiko's Alba!
MEDALLION "Symphony" Mens 40 mm Automatic - Electric Blue
A very good version of a classic diver
Very good watch i am enjoying it
I was delighted to see the quality Pagani design is putting in its watches. I am a fan of omega sea master and one day will buy the OG but for now i wanted a homage of omega sea master and bought pagani design sea master homage. to my surprise when i got my watch i really loved it. it does look and feel high quality. it is worth it. really excited to wear it. lets see how well it does over the years but one thing is for sure Pagani design knows what they are doing and their watches feel high grade high quality premium watch.
Proper Omega Mechamaster 1000 vibes with this one, good Lume, great build quality.
The dial is a piece of artwork
Excellent quality.
Only issue is weight. Very heavy but I bought the silicone strap. This makes it wearable for me.
I am old and have been a watch collector for many years. This watch is built to last a lifetime.
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International Watch Company (IWC)'s Pilot watches date back to the early days of aviation, 1936 to be precise, when the first Special Pilot's Watch Ref. 436 was released.
In designing IWC's first pilot watch, owner Ernst Jakob Homberger's two sons, both licenced pilots, provided invaluable input based on working pilots' requirements on the field - a large, legible dial, with an antimagnetic movement, able to keep decent time between -40 Β°C and +40 Β°C.
IWC's Pilot watches ran through World War II with timepieces used by both the British Royal Airforce (RAF) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and were successful for the next two decades.
IWC restarted production of pilot watches in 1994. Going further, a major change of movement was introduced in 2016. Since 1994, various complications were added to the Pilot for series production or as limited editions.
The PD-1703 is a homage to the IWC Pilotβs Watch Automatic Chronograph 41 (IW3881) created in classic 'flieger' design. I have purchased the homage to 'Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula Oneβ’ Team Edition' (IW3881-08). The original is the first official team watch IWC released in 2021, to honour the long-standing, engineering partnership with the team since 2013.
PD-1703 has been updated with a 60-minute graduated sub-dial at the 12 o'clock position v/s an incorrectly graduated 30-minute sub-dial earlier.
The updated version also features a Seiko VK67 meca-quartz movement with a 12-hour chronograph counter sub-dial at the 9 o'clock position, instead of a 24-hour running time indicator of the VK63. Other advantages include a battery life of approximately 3 / 5 years (with/without chronograph use for 60 minutes per day) with accuracy of +/-20 seconds per month. This is based on professional tests and feedback from international reviewers.
The chronograph pushers are firm and the movement is snap-back at reset. The PD-signed screw-down crown provides sufficient grip and functions smoothly.
PD should have paid closer attention to the following when updating the watch:
1) The font style of the indices;
2) Design of pointers for hours and minutes;
3) Right the inverted triangle marker at 12 o'clock on the dial;
4) Use a needle point central (chrono) seconds pointer;
5) Introduce at least the date function at 3 o'clock;
6) Replace βDiver 100β with βWater Resist 100Mβ on the rear case cover
I wonder why PD did not provide a date window, as the VK67 has a date dial which remains covered in this watch.
Although just 42.50mm across the case, the watch appears large as the dial occupies most of the space of the slim side-wall, brushed-finished case. The slender bezel ring accentuates the effect. Thanks to the bezel with its top-edge-polished finish and polished surfaces of the pushers, the watch looks quite elegant rather than just a tool watch. The case lugs are shaped downwards for better wearability.
The dial has a matte finish. The three sunken sub-dials have a sun-burst effect, more evident in the version with silver sub-dials. The single domed, AR-coated crystal is said to magnify the dial, so it appears slightly larger, but viewing angles are limited.
Real pilot watches always have Nato/nylon straps. Hence, I chose the composite nylon/leather strap with teal colour-coded stitching to correspond with colour of the indices and pointers. The strap is a bit stiff and will need some wearing to break it in. The buckle is polished and PD-signed.
All main dial indices, hour markers, main & sub-dial pointers as well as the tip of the central chrono seconds pointer, are lumed.
I would have preferred to have the PD logo also printed in teal like the name, indices and markers on the watch. Being a polished, applied logo, it vanishes into the background at certain angles.
Overall, a good watch β my assessment is chiefly on its construction fundamentals. I strongly feel PD should have done a better job on this homage especially on the key visible features - index fonts, 12 o'clock hour marker, central chrono seconds pointer design and day/date feature.
The only other homage you get for this watch is the Militado ML04 powered by a Miyota OS00 chronograph quartz movement. The latter is a tad small (39mm case dia.) and has its own share of misses in detail reproduction, but you do get a day/date function at the 3 o'clock position.
All said and done, I vote for Seiko.
